Sun Microsystems SunFastEthernet Adapte - Manual (Page 85)

Console Messages (Solaris 1.x Only) E-7
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transmission of a chained packet. This indicates a problem in the driver. The
device will reset itself and continue normal operation.
A packet larger than 1518 bytes was passed to the device. This indicates an
error in the driver.
Indicates that the device transmit FIFO has underflowed. This is most likely
due to the system being under a heavy load.
Indicates that the device attempted to transmit for an excessive time period.
This is most likely due to a bad device or transceiver.
A packet collision has occurred after the channel’s slot time has elapsed. This
error usually indicates faulty hardware elsewhere on the net.
The driver tried to retransmit the packet 16 times without any success. The
packet is dropped. This could be caused by a bad cable, bad transceiver, or a
very busy network.
Cannot reset the transmitter state machine. This is most likely due to a bad
be: tx babble
be: tx fifo underflow
be: tx jabber
be: tx late collision error
be: tx retry error
be: txmac did not reset